1. The photography
What it is?
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2. What photography means
• Photography is the art, science, and
practice of creating durable images by
recording light (photons - hence,
"photo"-graphy) or
other electromagnetic radiation,
either chemically by means of a light-
sensitive material such
as photographic films, or
electronically by means of an image
sensor. Typically, a lens is used
to focus the light reflected or emitted
from objects into a real image on the
light-sensitive surface inside
a camera during a timed exposure.
The result in an electronic image
sensor is an electrical charge at
each pixel, which is electronically
processed and stored in a digital
image file for subsequent display or
processing.
3. Kind of lens
• Standard Lenses (35-70 mm)
Standard (Normal) lenses are lenses with a focal length similar to that of the naked eye.
A lens with a focal length about equal to the diagonal size of the film or sensor format is known as a
normal lens.
Lifestyle: This lens can be used for more general use for simply taking everyday pictures. If you plan on
using your camera for this reason, you should have this sort of lens in mind.
Wide Angle (21-35 mm)
Wide angle lenses allow you to have a greater field of vision in your images. Basically if you used a
standard lens from five feet away from a tree and your picture came out as just the tree trunk and
leaves, and you stood at the same distance and used a wide angle lens to take a picture of the same
thing, you'd get the tree trunk, leaves and people on the side of it that were cut off by the standard lens.
Lifestyle: Wide angle lenses are popular with landscape photographers. They are great for highlighting
foreground objects with the background almost fading into the distance. The depth of the picture is
therefore accentuated. The most common focal length for a wide angled lens are 24mm and 28mm.
Telephoto (135-300+ mm)
Telephoto lenses are simply zoom lenses. It is great for bringing far away objects right up into the meat
of the picture. Think of a scope on a sniper rifle. :-)
Lifestyle: These lenses are great if you plan on taking photos at sporting events. If you're a parent of an
athletic child, you could use this lens to take photos of your son who plays outfielder and likes to stand
really far away.
7. Photographic model
• Swanepoel's resume includes covers for Greek, Spanish, Portuguese,
Japanese and Italian Vogue, Brazilian, German and South African ELLE,
British, South African, Romanian, Mexican and Chinese GQ, Turkish, Spanish,
Russian, Czech and Argentinian Harper's Bazaar, i-D, Lush and Ocean
Drive (U.S.) and advertisements for Nike, Diesel, Guess, Tommy Hilfiger, Tom
Ford, Ralph Lauren, Miu Miu, Juicy Couture and Versace. Swanepoel has
walked the runway forTommy Hilfiger, Dolce and Gabbana, Michael
Kors, Donna Karan, Giambattista Valli, Jason Wu, Prabal Gurung, Rag &
Bone, Oscar de la Renta, Fendi, Chanel,Elie Saab, Diane von
Fürstenberg, Betsey Johnson, Stella McCartney, Viktor and
Rolf, Givenchy, Jean Paul Gaultier, Christian Dior, Blumarine and numerous
other designers, as well as for Victoria's Secret since 2007. In addition to
appearing in the lingerie brand's commercials, she was a featured model in
the 2010 "SWIM" catalog, along with Lindsay Ellingson, Rosie Huntington-
Whiteley, Behati Prinsloo and Erin Heatherton.In 2010, Swanepoel became
a Victoria's Secret Angel. Swanepoel modeled for the Kardashians' 2010
swimwear line. On 12 August 2010 Swanepoel officially opened the first
Victoria's Secret retail store in Canada, at West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton. In
2013, Swanepoel was named the cover model of the coveted Victoria's
Secret Swim Catalogue.
8. ¿ What is a megapixel ?
• A megapixel is one million pixels. A
pixel is a picture element. Like
graphics displayed on a television or
computer monitor, digital photos are
made from millions of tiny colored
dots, or pixels. The more pixels used
to produce a photo, the less "grainy"
it will appear and the better any
enlargements made from it will be.
